Congenital cervical spine fusion and airway management: a case series of Klippel-Feil syndrome

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 447-451

  Stallmer, Meghan L ^a   Vanaharam, Vishnu ^a   Mashour, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Cervical spine fusion; Difficult intubation; Klippel Feil syndrome

Indexed keywords

SEVOFLURANE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; KLIPPEL-FEIL SYNDROME; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53049083230     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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